Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 2.60% or 6.00 points to trade at 237.00 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 2.38% or 0.55 points to end at 23.65 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 2.19% or 0.70 points to 32.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 5.59% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.350 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 4.67% or 0.070 points to end at 1.430 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 4.59% or 0.170 points to 3.540.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 55 to 34 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.95% or 0.62 to $64.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.42 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1338.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.34% to 448.740, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 89.36.